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Mechanisms of Visual Attention in the Human Cortex

Ungerleider, Sabine Kastner and Leslie G.·2000·Annual Review of Neuroscience

DOI 10.1146/annurev.neuro.23.1.315

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A typical scene contains many different objects that, because of the limited processing capacity of the visual system, compete for neural representation. The competition among multiple objects in visual cortex can be biased by both bottom-up sensory-driven mechanisms and top-down influences, such as selective attention. Functional brain imaging studies reveal that, both in the absence and in the presence of visual stimulation, biasing signals due to selective attention can modulate neural activity in visual cortex in several ways. Although the competition among stimuli for representation is ultimately resolved within visual cortex, the source of top-down biasing signals derives from a network of areas in frontal and parietal cortex.

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Authors: Ungerleider, S. K. A. L. G.
Affiliations: Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892;,
Venue: Annual Review of Neuroscience
Publisher: Annual Reviews
Published: 2000-03
Volume: 23
Issue: 1
Pages: 315-341
ISSN: 0147-006X (ISSN-L)
1545-4126
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.23.1.315
OpenAlex: W2164364459
Cited by: 2,159
References: 184
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FWCI: 3.96
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Annual Review of Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Visual Attention and Saliency Detection
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords: visual attention, selective attention, top-down modulation, bottom-up processing, visual cortex, neural competition, frontal cortex, parietal cortex, object representation
MeSH terms: Animals, Attention, Humans, Memory, Visual Cortex, Visual Pathways, Visual Perception

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